Great! Just what we needed, and by that I don't mean a third visual aide, in addition to the broadcasted down-and-distance as well as the familiar and unmistakable yellow first down line, to notify us of the next offensive checkpoint on an NFL field. Instead, by that I mean a reminder that both the league and their broadcasting affiliates (probably accurately) see their loyal viewers as brainlessly herded cattle. I often feel dumb for being sports' fan, but it's usually because the emotional toll they take on me is completely disproportional to my actual involvement in them, not because the networks are making it blatantly obvious they think I'm just as easily entertained as a toddler. Might as well insert a jingling keys sound effect prior to each snap if a slightly more vivid shade of green that tells me nothing I didn't already know is supposed to make me fall in love with watching football all over again. Al Michaels has got to be a grandfather at this point, so maybe he can work the "goo-goo, gah-gah" voice into the commentary, as that would be both more hilarious and less insulting to our intelligence than treating a temporary tint like some earth shattering graphic that's supposed to leave us drooling wing sauce all over ourselves in amazement. We already feel like sheep for gathering around to watch a poorly run diminishing product all Sunday afternoon, so either feed us something more than greener grass or just leave us starved for some better football.
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